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ProHockeyTalk on NBCSports.comFri, 09 Dec 2016 15:40:43 +0000hourly1http://wordpress.com/By: dannymac17http://nhl.nbcsports.com/2014/06/02/coach-q-ive-lost-some-tough-games-but-nothing-like-tonight/comment-page-1/#comment-337285
Mon, 02 Jun 2014 20:06:14 +0000http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2331967#comment-337285one man boasting about another mans class, makes so much sens, you classy individual you.
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Mon, 02 Jun 2014 18:48:16 +0000http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2331967#comment-337217Kesler? Yes please!
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Mon, 02 Jun 2014 18:47:12 +0000http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2331967#comment-337216Seabrook as well. After a shaky year, and with people coming up through the system, this may be the time to strike while people see the postseason scoring.
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Mon, 02 Jun 2014 17:44:35 +0000http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2331967#comment-337178I would not be surprised to see Sharp moved either.
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Mon, 02 Jun 2014 17:36:03 +0000http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2331967#comment-337171TOUGH LOSSES …… but yet you see fit to have 3 players on your bench in a game # 7 that were questionable at best ? they weren’t used hardly at all , BUT MAYBE SOME OF THE ” WAITING IN THE WINGS ” PLAYERS could have spelled some of the tired looking ones on the ice ? what an asinine statement !
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Mon, 02 Jun 2014 17:28:40 +0000http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2331967#comment-337164It’s A Wrap. And I Have Rumors.
June 2, 2014, 6:44 AM ET [244 Comments]
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First off, kudos and congratulations to the L.A. Kings and their fans. What a great series.

Second, you have to give credit to the Hawks. They left everything on the ice. But everything just wasn’t quite enough this year—so close, but not enough.

They came within one sort of fluky goal of getting back to the Stanley Cup Finals in two consecutive years and possibly becoming the first repeat Champions in the salary cap era.

But who—and hopefully not the Hawk front office—wants to rest on those laurels?

The truth is, the Kings might not have matched the Hawks’ blueline depth (although, certainly, one of my favorites, Niklas Halmarsson, could take roasting this morning for falling asleep on Marian Gaborik’s game-tying goal with 7 minutes left), but the Hawks were outmatched up the middle (at center) and in terms of size/speed combination.

And that’s where Stan Bowman needs to get busy this offseason.

This organization can’t—and won’t—be satisfied with what just transpired. If anything, it’s testament to the character and talent they have. They just need some help this offseason.

To that end, I have heard from two strong sources now that changes are coming.

Specifically, the Hawks like their blue line depth, and they like their prospect blue line depth, so much that they just might be shipping one Johnny Oduya out (Calgary could be the team) for prospects and picks. Oduya’s spot would then be filled by a matriculating Nick Leddy (who can’t be blamed for L.A.’s game-wnning goal last night).

The Hawks love prospects Stephen Johns and Klas Dahlbeck. Dahlbeck, a Hjalmarsson clone, is the closer of the two. He and a solid veteran would form the third pair.

With the cap dollars recouped by moving Oduya and perhaps another asset in a deal, the Hawks could make a move on another center who fits somewhere on lines 2 or 3. Michal Handzus has had more lives than a cat. Andrew Shaw is probably better on the wing. That, in turn, has put too much pressure on Jonathan Toews and Marcus Kruger.

Don’t be too terribly surprised also if the latest shiny object of the Hawk marketing machine, Teuvo teravainen, gets moved to bring back a center. You have to give to get. Teravainen is a really nice prospect with obvious upside. He’s also another 170 pound forward (the last thing the Hawks need) and might not be a center in the NHL either.

Finally, I’m told the Hawks will make a move, if vancouver is entertaining, on center Ryan Kesler of the Canucks. Discussions took place with then-Vancouver GM Mike Gillis a few months ago.

I would rather watch Hockey than game 60 of a 162 game baseball season!

Not enough people play the game in California.
It’s tough. As generations go…any person can pick up a basketball or football and start a game. Hockey needs sticks, pucks, skates, nets, but more importantly a sheet of ice! Need more money to play hockey and masses will mostly gravitate to cheaper games to play ie. Basketball. Football needs equipment to…but to start as a youth….get ONE football and some friends and we can play in a.parking lot right now.

People can’t relate as easy to hockey if they dont ever play it.

But it can be done. I played only street hockey as a kid and Cali and never played competitive ice and I LOVE hockey. I started watching when Gretz game to LA.

The NHL is the worst at marketing the sport.

They need to get kids involved in places it does not snow to grow the game. If you hook people young you can have a fan for life.

Good Luck NHL. Hockey is a great a game as their is out there and I wish more people could learn to see that.

the indian theme is particularly offensive, lacking in humour, and suffering the same vapid qualities your shallow references to history always present

understand parody is only as strong as the facts in parody … yours is child-like, perhaps perceiving those qualities in your listeners

one would think a self-righteous bible-thumping everything is god’s will jack ass would figure it out … what is this, some sort of self-flagellation … throwing out this garbage in hope of a well deserved beating

there are street corners on east hastings running short of pamphlets, get yourself on down there, sell your religion somewhere else

Of course it “I love LA” would be annoying for any team not a fan of…LA.

It represents success for Kings.

Now more “hawks goal song” meant no more hawks and
Kings advance. And retribution for last year.
Let’s hope both of our teams are kept together so that we can do it again next year.

For now…SCOREBOARD!

Kings got ya back. It hurts…but Kings AND Wings got frkm Hawks last year. So suck it up. Could be worse we could be worse we could be Blues, Sharks, or Ducks fans.

Those guys are on a ledge somewhere.

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Mon, 02 Jun 2014 15:12:48 +0000http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2331967#comment-337103“Coach Stache, while you are at the podium”….

Why did Versteeg dress? He’s brought nothing to the table but he dresses for the biggest game of the year. Same for Bollig.

In the 3rd period of Game 6, you went back to the normal defensive pairings. Why did you do that and why did you not do that last night?

Why did you switch up Saad and Bickell in the 3rd? Even for a couple of shifts, why would you break up your best line?

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Mon, 02 Jun 2014 15:03:12 +0000http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2331967#comment-337100Maybe the media doesn’t care because NO ONE IN LOS ANGELES WAS WATCHING!!!!

Based on the latest data from NBC, last night’s game did a 16.3 in Chicago, just .3 points behind last Wednesday nights Game 5 16.6. The Los Angeles market did another pathetic 3.0.

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Mon, 02 Jun 2014 14:30:07 +0000http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2331967#comment-337088So says the king of hyperbole – > Coach Q.
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Mon, 02 Jun 2014 14:24:10 +0000http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2331967#comment-337087Maybe in the offseason they can address the shell they go into when they had a lead this year. And his reliance on suiting up failing veterans over rookies and then not playing said veterans.

Next year should be fun. First time in almost two years without a nightly target on their back. More Morin, Teuvo and Clendening.

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Mon, 02 Jun 2014 14:15:58 +0000http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2331967#comment-337084And you could at least just be happy with you victory, I’m not a fan of either team and I even won some money betting on the kings but you sir/or ma’am) need to quit whining and enjoy your teams success
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Mon, 02 Jun 2014 14:11:34 +0000http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2331967#comment-337079Somone clearly needs a hug.